The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-08
A FIELD DAY OF SPORT.
Salem Gets Away With Tif'n 10 Great
Hub Hose Race.
Winters Wins the Handicap Foot Race
Canton Beats Alliance Playing Ball
ana New Philadelphia Gets Left
-Inoidents Of the Day.


interesting and exciting ever held In
eastern Ohio. There were five entries
Hose 1, OF Massillon; Hose l, OF ALI
snCs: Flicker Hose, Of Tifin; Good
Intent Hose, of Wooster; and the Inde
pendent Hose, of Salem. Before the
start an hour was lost by the different
protests and kicks, which seem to be
essential requisites Of all we'll regulated
tournaments. 1t was claimed that
Salems truck was fifty pounds lighter
than the regulation weight, and tnst
other trucks were short. 10 satlsIy
every body the trucks were all weighed
by President Williams, and made unl'
form weight.
Massillon was first over the course,
making the run and connections In the
slow time of SO seconds. When the
Flickers, Of Tifln, were called, every
body expected fast time and quick work,
and they were not disappointed. Tifin
has the best time on record In the world,
both In hose and h0Okraces. Her crack
hose company, the "Alerts," surprised
and astonished the fiFemen OF the eOun'
try, when at the International tOurna-
ment at Cincinnati she beat all previous
records, In the wonderful time Of 20
seconds, which stands to-day une equaled.
II was quite natural therefore that
much was expected from Tffin's second
best company, the ''Flickers." At the
signal the boys got off in good form and
made beautiful run and very clever
connection In the fast time OF 32A
Alliance followed with very fast run
but she bungled the job at the nozzle,
and went to the stable with record OF
99. The Good Iutents, Of Wooster, whose
intention was to carry away all
the prizes, were next&at the bat.
They few over the course like
80 many sprinterS completing the work
In 34M. They we're conf ent now of
second money, as they felt sure that
Salem's Quakers would not beat their
time. But in this they we're sadly mis-
taken, for the Independents proved to
be very deceiVing, dark horses. At the
drop Of the flag there was genuine
surprise for everybody. The Quaker
boys sprang off like grsyhounds, and
sent their cart through cloud of dust
and over the salt line like the limited
express an hour behind time. At the
finish there was, as Is always the case,
q hairs difference in all the stop watch
es held by the timers. One had 3213,
another SO 3.5, and the third 3245. 1t
was quite evident that the only fair
thing to do was to declsre 1t tie with
Tifin, and when the time was hung
out at 324, the Salem boys were wild
with delight, and made so much noise
that 10 was impossible to hear any
thing for fully five minutes. Order being
restored. President Williams announced
that as Salem and Tiffin were tie for
first money they would have to run
hub race to decide who should have first,
and gave them half an hour In which to
get wind. In the meantime the O. o. P.
G. 70. Junior Hooks gave an exhibition
run. They are very fast runners and
had they been In the Junior Hook race
would have given Wooster trouble.
They made the run In the announced
time Of 231k. The Tif1us and Salems
were now drawn up In line, side by side,
at the starters stand, and the excite
ment was at white heat. The Salem
crowd, that came along with the COM
pany, were ready to put up their last
dollar on the Independents, and the
Tiffin crowd sW0He they would walk
home II their boys could not beat them
The race was for "blO0d" and 1t could
not have been harder contested. At the
start the companies got eff neck and
neck, which position they occupied for
about 20 rods, when Salem gradually
took the lead, crossing the line fully
q rod ahead of the Flickers. Here was
where the music began In earnest.
Both connections were stuck and ss
they tURged at them to loosen them the
croWd sWarmed In on them and 1t was
impossible to see anything. Fully
minute elapsed, when Tifin called time
and claimed the race. The Judges were
at loss to know what to do, on account
of the interference of outsiders. Tifhn
Kicked hard and loud, claiming that
Salem fouled at the plug. Salem dis
covered that Tifin's connection had
been made by q Canton man In the Ia
tensely packed crowd, and entered q
protest. A large number Of reputable
witnesses all corr0bOrated SSlem's
claim, which increased complications.
After q brief consultation, President
williams announced that the race
would have to run over again. The
Titins swOre by the long horn spoon
that they would run NJ more, and at
tempted to bluff President Williams
and the other judges, but they were
not built chat way. After the WrSn..
gle had been pr0tracted for about
half an hour, President Williams gave
them the word with the bark on. See
ing that Salem was willing to run the
race over again and that they were act
ing like gentlemen about the diep1te,
he pulled out his watch and announced
that Tiffin could make ready Tor the
race within FIVE minutes, or that the
frst money would be paid to Salem
This brought them TO their milk and
they, after giving Q parting kick, hur'
RIed TO the starters stand and made
ready for the final. The deciding and
only fair heat was BY Tar the best sport
Of the tournament. Starting exactly
eyenSthe two trucks came laundering
down the course, hub and hub. II was
min and tuck until within three rods Of
the llno, when Salem made q squirt,
coming in about three feet In the lead
and making wonderfully quick con
nectlon, Tiffin was only second be.
hind In calling time, but everything
was 80 plain and square that there was
not chance for q kick. The Salem boys
were crazy with delight, and expressed
themselves with all sorts OF joyful an
tics. The time given was, Salem 344,
Wooster 35L. Considering that they
made the run three times this was very
fast time.
THE FOOT RACE.
For the handicap foot race, for purse
OF $25, which Immediately followed on
Cherry street, there were nine entries:
Winters, Of Canton; Corroll, Of Massil-
Ion; Potter, Of Wooster; johnson, OF
Findlay; Shederly, OF Salem; Lindsey,
Of MassiIlon; Palmer, Of Wooster; Gre.
tobeD, Of New Philadelphia. and JUL
ous, Of Canton.